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'Climate Arsonists': 8 Major Oil Companies Fail to Align With Paris Agreement (www.commondreams.org)

submitted 6 months ago by TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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"We cannot trust fossil fuel corporations to do anything but line the pockets of their CEOs and investors at the cost of our climate and communities," one campaigner said.

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[–] Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Can someone who knows English explain me why do you say "fail to do" when you mean "deliberately screwed"? It sound like they tried but fail

[–] derg@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

It’s exactly because saying “failed to ___” doesn’t assign blame. That way whoever the article is about has a harder time suing… Especially if the article title is factual. Harder to prove intent